Pixel Privateers similar games & best alternatives

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Pixel Privateers

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Pixel Privateers is a Squad Based Tactical RPG “Loot ‘Em Up” that will send your team of mercenaries through a mysterious wormhole on a quest to gather technology for your employer. An entire galaxy awaits - full of worlds to explore, factions to encounter, and epic gear to collect!

What works

  • Addictive loot and progression loop
  • Deep squad customization and tactical combat
  • Engaging pixel art and sound design
  • Multiplayer co-op support
  • Variable difficulty scaling

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can be repetitive and micromanagement heavy
  • Inventory management can be tedious
  • Lack of auto-attack frustrates some players
  • Some ui and text size issues
  • Developer bankruptcy ended further updates

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 9th Dawn III

  • Signs of Life

  • 33 Immortals

  • Star Valor

  • Mr. Sun's Hatbox

  • SteamWorld Heist

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Pixel Privateers but with less leadership over others

  • The Slormancer

  • Reality Break

  • Guidus Zero

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • Rogue Legacy 2

  • Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival

More intimate

Games that feels like Pixel Privateers but with more focus on close relationships

  • Bravery and Greed

  • Core Keeper

  • Roguelands

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch

  • Ancient Kingdoms

  • NeuroVoider

Less social

Games that feels like Pixel Privateers but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Escape The Mad Empire

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

  • Fantasy of Expedition

  • Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)

  • Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1

  • Dark Deity 2

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Pixel Privateers: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026